Mircea Eliade

Romanian-American · 1907–1986

Mircea Eliade was a Romanian religious historian and philosopher who taught for decades at the University of Chicago, where he built the most influential comparative religion program in the United States. His works on shamanism, yoga, and the history of religious ideas remain essential references in the field.

Books by Mircea Eliade

• The Sacred and the Profane (1957)
• The Myth of the Eternal Return (1949)
• The Forbidden Forest (1955)
• The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion (1987)